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April 26, 2024
Another Win For The UAW Means Another Loss For Centrist Pundits
Will the auto union’s latest victory get Yglesias to reconsider his position on labor?
April 19, 2024
New Website Takes a Closer Look at Friends of the Court
The SCOTUS Justices’ billionaire benefactors have an oft-overlooked means of peddling influence: amicus briefs.
April 12, 2024
Let's Be Direct (File)
As the Taxman Cometh, The IRS’ Enemies Throw Everything And The Kitchen Sink
April 05, 2024
Maybe Financial Regulators Shouldn’t See The Best In Everyone
Last Friday, former FDIC Chair Sheila Bair decided to offer her two cents on the broader conversation surrounding the recent sentencing of Sam Bankman-Fried . Her takeaway from SBF’s trial and conviction on seven counts of fraud and conspiracy? We need financial literacy classes for children.
March 29, 2024
Furman’s Frustration
He’s Mad That Robert Rubin’s Gang No Longer Reigns Supreme
March 22, 2024
Crypto Is Hoping You Won’t Notice Their Redoubled Influence Campaign
The media has done a good job highlighting the cryptocurrency industry’s continued attempts to influence elections but crypto’s hiring of political insiders continues to go unnoticed.
March 18, 2024
Out of Sight, Out of Mind, Out of Touch
A quick roundup of some pundits striking out from their ivory towers to completely and utterly miss the point.
March 08, 2024
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A Decade-Long Week And SOTU Thoughts
This week’s Hack Watch recaps some economic stories you may have missed, plus our initial reaction to Biden’s big speech.
March 01, 2024
Departing RealPage Exec’s Flimsy Rant Against Rent Control
As he leaves the scandal-plagued firm, Jay Parsons offers one last defense of rent-gougers.
February 23, 2024
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On Larry And Ledes
Larry Summers’ latest departure raises questions new and old. And we wish Politico had buried this lede, preferably at least six feet deep.
February 09, 2024
Celebrating A Year Of All In
Let’s Examine The Tech Dufuses Who’ve Become Twitter’s Economic Pundits As A Result Of Elon’s Algorithm Fixing
February 02, 2024
Conspiracy (Taylor’s Version): On Conservative Crazies, The Media Definition of “Economist,” And Our Humble Little Clown Show
On Conservative Crazies, The Media Definition of “Economist,” And Our Humble Little Clown Show
January 12, 2024
AI Evangelists Won’t Stop Highlighting The Danger Of Their Technology. Can 2024 Be The Year Journalists Stop Parroting Their Claims?
The zero-interest-rate epoch of Silicon Valley is over, and with it, startup grifters are working overtime to ensure their promises of technological revolution are worthy of investment. Can the media learn something from the crypto bubble and start interrogating those espousing revolutionary technological progress?
January 05, 2024
Shame on WSJ for Distorting Seniors’ Economic Well-Being to Push Social Security Cuts
Just days after House Speaker Mike Johnson reiterated his desire to slash crucial benefits, the newspaper allowed a pair of Hoover fellows to embellish the material circumstances of elderly Americans.
December 15, 2023
Bidenomics Needs A Corporate Crackdown On Rent-Gougers
The RealPage scandal gives Biden a real opportunity to rally working-class support for his reelection campaign.